Marion Dane Bauer, illus. by John Shelley. Holiday House, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-2324-8
A child makes a Halloween journey in this evocative story with genuinely chilling illustrations. Leaving town by moonlight, the girl discovers a “forest of bones,” filled with skeletons: “Bat bones, cat bones, rat bones, and all are looking at you.”
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author . Clarion $15 (144p) ISBN 978-0-618-21261-3
Fans of Jean Craighead George's Julie of the Wolves
and its successors will welcome Bauer's (On My Honor) tightly plotted, swiftly paced tale of a wolf pack. Runt, the diminutive last-born of a litter of pups, hopes to prove his worth to...
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author Scholastic $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-47915-8
Resentful of his parents' recent separation, Brad refuses to visit his mother at her new apartment with its ``postage stamp'' of a pool, nor will he answer her Friday night calls. Bribery and bullying ``persuade'' younger brother Charlie to follow...
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author . Holiday $15.95 (116p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1805-3
This compassionately wrought coming-of-age story features a bossy but likable heroine whose desperate attempt to win back a friend leads to disaster. Sarah's promising summer, "spread all around like butter melting into warm toast,"...
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author Clarion Books $14.95 (106p) ISBN 978-0-395-64341-9
The tension in this supernatural tale, set in the woods of Minnesota, comes not from the appearance (and reappearance) of a rather amiable ghost, but from the difficulties between two sisters growing apart. Caitlin hopes a camping trip will renew...
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author . Dell/Yearling $5.50 (144p) ISBN 978-0-440-41978-5
Runt, the diminutive last-born of a litter of pups, hopes to prove his worth to his father and acquire a nobler name in what PW
called a "tightly plotted, swiftly paced tale of a wolf pack." Ages 9-12. (Sept.)
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author Clarion Books $15 (134p) ISBN 978-0-395-57781-3
Bauer offers a pragmatic, organized approach to story writing in this 118-page manual geared for older children and young adults. Concrete, step-by-step tips are effectively illustrated with examples taken from the author's own works-- Face to Face ,
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author Clarion Books $14.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-395-55440-1
In this dramatic coming-of-age novel, 13-year-old Michael is reunited with his father, who walked out eight years before. The boy has clung loyally to his memories ever since, and wants to find that his father can acknowledge him for himself. But...
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author Clarion Books $13.95 (118p) ISBN 978-0-395-51330-9
Diana Baldwin and her mother move to England for a year while Mrs. Baldwin teaches at a university. Lately Diana has felt alienated from her mother; the girl is angry because she is so absorbed in her career, while Mrs. Baldwin has little patience...
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author Clarion Books $12.7 (141p) ISBN 978-0-89919-356-4
The last person Leslie Johnson wants to emulate is her mother. Everyone else, the girl confides, thinks she's lucky in her mother, a kind woman. Only Leslie is embarrassed by her mother's scatty clothes, her concern for strays, her exuberant rather...
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author Clarion Books $15 (96p) ISBN 978-0-89919-439-4
This is a devastating but beautifully written story of a boy's all-consuming guilt over the role he plays in the death of his best friend. Joel and Tony have been together since they were babies. Although Tony's crazy jokes and wildness sometimes...
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author Clarion Books $14.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-395-72094-3
Having discussed the nuts and bolts of writing fiction in What's Your Story? A Young Person's Guide to Writing Fiction, Newbery Honor author Bauer now delves into the more abstract aspects of the creative process. Drawing on her own experiences, the
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author Clarion Books $15 (128p) ISBN 978-0-395-90372-8
The title and recurring theme of Bauer's (Sleep, Little One, Sleep, reviewed above) novel refers to the grim effects of Alzheimer's disease. Ten-year-old Tim idolizes his grandfather, a former veterinarian and outdoorsman who raised him after Tim's...
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author Yearling Books $3.99 (112p) ISBN 978-0-440-41034-8
PW praised the ``on-target dialogue'' in this story about the difficulties encountered by two sisters who are growing apart but who reunite for a camping trip in the Minnesota woods. Ages 9-12. (Aug.)
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author, Dan Andreasen, Illustrator , illus. by Dan Andreasen. S&S $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-82268-1
"Come hear a song about a baby,/ a very special baby./ Come hear a song about you," begins this heartfelt ode to a baby's first experiences. Bauer's (My Mother Is Mine) simile-laden, simple verses boast songlike rhythms, always...
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Marion Dane Bauer, illus. by Margaret Chodos-Irvine. Scholastic Press, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-45296-0
What do we talk about when we talk about thunder? In Brannon’s family, it depends on who’s trying to ease the boy’s anxieties during a noisy storm. Daddy says thunder is “a big cat purring.” Grandma goes old school, reassuring him: “It’s only the...
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author, Stan Tekiela, Photographer , photos by Stan Tekiela. Adventure $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-59193-253-6
The creators of Some Babies Are Wild
set out to answer the question, “Who's the cutest critter in the land?” Crisp, endearing photos of baby animals, most at close range, prove that there is keen competition for that title. A fawn...
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Marion Dane Bauer, illus. by Jennifer A. Bell. S&S/Atheneum, $14.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-4424-3423-3
Told in free verse, this charming novel examines themes of longing and loneliness through three memorable characters: a boy, Mark, who desperately wants a dog; a taciturn old man, Charles Larue, who cares for an empty mansion; and a small dog, Buddy,
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author, Henry Cole, Illustrator , illus. by Henry Cole. S&S $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-84179-8
A boy's real and imaginary worlds merge in this simple but intriguing picture book. As the narrator asks why various animals (and, eventually, the moon and the sun) behave as they do, each makes an appearance in his house. "Why do spiders...
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author, Kevin Hawkes, Illustrator Hyperion Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0356-9
A bear fan from the word go, Jason's delight in all things ursine deflates when his older brother begins to turn his beloved bears into frightful apparitions. ""The bear in the corner of the basement behind the furnace likes noses,"" Kurt tells his...
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author, Elizabeth Sayles, Illustrator , illus. by Elizabeth Sayles Random $12.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-375-85691-4
In this blend of family drama and fantasy, Bauer plays with the classic notion of a doll coming to life, but in truth, the story is about a girl and her mother. One day Zoey’s single mother takes her to visit a grandmother she never knew...
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Marion Dane Bauer, illus. by Emily Arnold McCully, Holiday House, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-2238-8
Newbery Honor–author Bauer (On My Honor) and Caldecott-winning artist McCully (Mirette on the High Wire) have fun with a familiar weather simile. A feisty lion is first on the scene: "March comes with a roar./ He rattles your windows/ and scratches...
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author, Karen Katz, Illustrator Little Simon $6.99 (16p) ISBN 978-0-689-84712-7
Little ones play a dressed-up version of peek-a-boo in Marion Dane Bauer's board book Toes, Ears, & Nose!, illus. by Karen Katz. ""Inside my mittens I've got,"" Bauer begins. Readers lift decorative pink mittens to find ""fingers."" Snow boots,...
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author, Susan Winter, Illustrator , illus. by Susan Winter. Holiday $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1589-2
Bauer (My Mother Is Mine) and Winter (Calling All Toddlers) do some silly theorizing about what life would be like if a child possessed certain animal characteristics—and come up with some appropriately comic answers. "If you had a tail...
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author, Richard Cowdrey, Illustrator , illus. by Richard Cowdrey. Simon & Schuster $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4169-7885-5
Enjoy the diverse flavors of the season with some sparkling originals, a few familiar faces and fresh takes on the classics.
The Christmas Baby
Marion Dane Bauer
, illus. by Richard Cowdrey. Simon & Schuster
, $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4169-7885-5
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author, Peter Elwell, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $13 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-82267-4
Bauer (If You Were Born a Kitten) and Elwell (Three Brave Women) explore the depths, delights and ferocity of the mother-child bond and for the most part, their foray into unabashed emotion works well. Bauer's rhymed text brings to mind the poignant
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author, Peter Elwell, Illustrator , illus. by Peter Elwell. S&S/Aladdin $5.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-86695-1
"Author and artist explore the depths, delights and ferocity of the mother-child bond, and their foray into unabashed emotion works well," wrote PW
. Ages 1-5. (Apr.)
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author, Valeria Petrone, Illustrator Little Simon $6.99 (20p) ISBN 978-0-689-84711-0
One clumsy kid stars in Uh-Oh! by Marion Dane Bauer, illus. by Valeria Petrone. ""I've got a balloon,/ so round and red./ I'll toss it / up till it's/ over my..."" Astute readers might expect to find a rhyme; instead, a lift of a flap reveals the
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author, Caroline Jayne Church, Illustrator , illus. by Caroline Jayne Church. Scholastic/Cartwheel $8.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-545-07270-0
The board book format with the padded cover promises a warm, nonthreatening message; the contents represent a superior delivery. Taking off from Browning's famous opening line (“Let me count the ways”), Bauer (On My Honor
) compares
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author, Jo Ellen McAllister Stammen, Illustrator, Jo El McAllister-Stammen, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-80111-2
The phrase ""if you were a..."" introduces the way in which a variety of different animals enter the world in this gentle, spare text. ""If you were born a kitten, you'd slip into the world in a silvery sac, and your mother would lick, lick, lick...
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author, Bauer, Author, Allen Garns, Illustrator Troll Communications $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8167-3448-1
Though hardly Newbery Honor author Bauer's (On My Honor; Ghost Eye) most striking work, this affectionate portrait of a girl and her grandmother is quietly moving. The narrator and Grandma hike into the woods, fish from a canoe at sunset and snuggle
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author, Leslie Wilson Wu, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $12.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-84178-1
Celebrating all that fathers do, The Very Best Daddy of All by Marion Dane Bauer, illus. by Leslie Wu, a companion to My Mother Is Mine, lists one noble, caring trait of various animal daddies on each spread. A songbird serenading his offspring...
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author, Jo Ellen McAllister Stammen, Illustrator, Joellen McAllist Stammen, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-82250-6
This lyrical, soporific book will help induce drowsiness in even the most active readers. While this author-artist team explored what form birth takes for a variety of animals in If You Were Born a Kitten, for this companion volume they take a more...
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author, Joellen McAllister Stammen, Illustrator Little Simon $7.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-85329-6
Marion Dane Bauer's If You Were Born a Kitten (1997), illus. by JoEllen McAllister Stammen, makes a fitting board book, with just one line of text per spread, as it describes how 11 animals come into the world (""If you were born a kitten,/ you'd
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author, Joellen McAllister Stammen, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-85269-5
In this companion volume to If You Were Born a Kitten, lambs graze in a moonlit meadow, a blue whale can be glimpsed through a haze of bubbles. ""This lyrical, soporific book will help induce drowsiness in even the most active readers,"" said...
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author, Joellen McAllister Stammen, Illustrator, Jo El McAllister-Stammen, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-84212-2
The phrase ""if you were a..."" introduces the way in which a variety of animals enter the world. ""The tone is lovingly maternal, soothing and perfect for bedtime,"" said PW in a starred review. Ages 1-4. (Feb.)
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Marion Dane Bauer, Author, Kathi Couri, Illustrator, Kathy Couri, Illustrator Little Simon $5.99 (16p) ISBN 978-0-689-84899-5
A girl creeps past cupboards, closets and more in The Kissing Monster: A Lift-the-Flap Story by Marion Dane Bauer, illus. by Kathy Couri. ""There's a kissing monster in the house that's going to get you, I think. It could be hiding inside the ...
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Karen Katz, Author, Marion Dane Bauer, Author, Karen Katz, Illustrator Little Simon $15.99 (44p) ISBN 978-0-689-03862-4
A trio of combination lift-the-flap and board book titles teach simple concepts with fiesta-bright, patterned artwork by Karen Katz in Baby's Box of Fun: Toes, Ears, and Nose! by Marion Dane Bauer tells what goes inside mittens, boots and hats,...
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Marlon Dane Bauer, Author, Marion Dane Bauer, Author Yearling Books $4.5 (128p) ISBN 978-0-440-41694-4
Bauer explores the grim effects of Alzheimer's disease in this intergenerational story. PW wrote, ""The book offers a realistic depiction of this incapacitating disease."" Ages 9-12. (Jan.)
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Marion Dane Bauer, illus. by Richard Jones. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-544-31334-7
With winter fast approaching, geese know to fly away and bears know to hibernate, but a red fox is at a loss. One by one, animals offer the fox advice, and one by one the fox rejects their suggestions. “Gather, gather, gather./ Then quick,/ quick,/...
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Marion Dane Bauer, illus. by Brittany Baugus. Beaming, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-5064-6643-9
With spare, lyrical text, Newbery Honoree Bauer draws a thread from the Nativity to the present, embracing the legend that all creatures gain speech at midnight on Christmas Eve to celebrate the birth of Jesus. “Long and long the story has been told,
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Marion Dane Bauer, illus. by Hari & Deepti. Candlewick, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-5362-1859-6
Tackling a wide-ranging history of thought about the universe, Bauer describes the transformation of stories that humans—“the curious ones”—tell about their surroundings. Once describing a flat world that rested on a turtle, humans’ tales change...
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